<c​harutocafe:matrix.org> i'm a bit out of the loop with the whole thing, but wasn't RandomX supposed to be a last effort to have a ASIC resistant PoW? i think i recall people saying things among the lines of "if this does not work, we'll probably just embrace asic mining, we can't/shouldn't play cat and mouse forever" back when RandomX was introduced, has this sentiment changed since?

<e​dge7:matrix.org> My understanding that bitminer has not released any asic. It is just a set of risc cpus. The main benefit is that everything is packed so there is less to manage but it's not an asic

<c​harutocafe:matrix.org> oh, how can bitmain outcompete AMD, intel, Qualcomm and other CPU manufacturers?

<e​dge7:matrix.org> It cannot indeed

<e​dge7:matrix.org> Some more clues here:

<e​dge7:matrix.org> youtube.com/watch?v=T9BFnn2-TDM&si=ktSlAU1Pmh1VnSVJ

<c​harutocafe:matrix.org> thanks, will take a look

seems there is a price

<c​trej:matrix.org> That is an unofficial 3rd party listing, the screenshot has been around for a few days

my bad